Unfortunately, original, old tin boats are 'valued' by many as what can be done to 'convert' them into fishing boats.
Countless great old boats suffered tremendous devistation from a sawzall....
Thats a wonderful, small, closed bow runabout. Clean it up and enjoy USING it. Hopefully she'll attract attention while trailered, at the ramp and cruising.
Currently the US average for scrap 5052 aluminum is about $0.60/lb. From here
https://www.scrapmonster.com/scrap-p...scraps/315/1/1
The Dart weighs less then 250lbs and ALL of the aluminum would need to be cleaned bare and free of all paint and glue residue to get 60cents/lb. So from.the 250lbs, you'd deduct for wooden seats, foam cushions, windshield, flotation foam and etc.
Even at 250lbs, it'd net about 150, or more likely, less.
If you could find someone w a young family who remembers cruising in HIS grandfathers SC Dart, and you find and mount a similar period 30-45hp RUNNING outboard, you might get lucky and sell it for $12-1500 if the planets, your deity and just the right buyer all come together...
Otherwise, most buyers wont be looking for closed bow runabouts.
Enjoy it and forget worrying about what its worth. Its worth every penny you spent getting it water ready and running and will repay your efforts in great memories w your kids in their great grandfathers boat.
That ^^^ would be worth more to me then any possible sale price.
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